including noting 110 local assemblies being elected that year: 57 in Colombia: 53 in Venezuela, as well as the dedication of a local Baháʼí House of Worship. In April Hand of the Cause Enoch Olinga took a trip through Colombia and in July a continental conference of Baháʼís was held in Bolivia at which several delegates from Colombia attended while others from Colombia worked in Brazil. In September new pioneer Baháʼís reached Santa Lucía, Atlántico - by 1971 there were over 400 Baháʼís including the mayor, three classes begun, a regional convention on the progress of the religion, and an institute were operating. In 1970 about fifteen people accounted as the active core of the community in Cali. They began what would turn into - in about two decades - the Ruhi Institute (see below.) An informal summary of the community in 1971 showed about 1000 Baháʼís and expectations of doubling the number of assemblies among the Guajiro Baháʼís. In 1972 Guajiro Baháʼís attended the dedication of the Panamanian Baháʼí House of Worship and the Baháʼí population of Santa Lucía was reported at 1200 and had reached neighboring villages during a follow-up conference in at Manaure. In 1973 Luis Montenegro, former long term member of the National Assembly of Colombia died while climbing the mountains of the Yukpa(Yuko), or Motilon, Indians. At the close of the Nine Year Plan changes had indeed been wrought in Colombia. Projects and developments, wider growth In 1974 a conference was held in Cali with Baháʼís from Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia attending and now appointed Continental Counselor Leonora Armstrong attended. A national training institute was dedicated. The first of the Paez people joined the religion in 1974 due to the service of a Panamanian Baháʼí traveling in Colombia. In 1975 Ruhiyyih Khanum returned to Colombia but this time it was on the side of the tropical forest during the Green Light Expedition recording her travel up the Amazon river and through other rivers and adjoining lands. She entered Leticia, where she was interviewed by reporters and met with a Ticuna speaking chief and then citizens of the village. By 1978 a Baháʼí center was raised in Leticia. In 1976 the first citizen of Archipiélago de San Bernardo joined the religion in 1976. Print materials were being produced in Colombia and circulated there and in Ecuador. The religion was introduced to Sogamoso. The fifth All-Guajira Conference was